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SUMMARY:7th Cascadia Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:October 6 – 8\, 2023\nCascadia Poetics LAB Founders Circle Members\nwill be given the first opportunity to purchase an all-access Gold Pass \nClick here for more information about the 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival \n\nThis event will be hosted at:\nSpring Street Center\n1101 15th Ave.\nSeattle\, WA 98122
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/7th-cascadia-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:Spring Street Center\, 1101 15th Av.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Vol. I Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:Image Background: EcoRegions of Cascadia\, Copyright © 2022 David McCloskey\, Cascadia Institute; available from Feathered Star Productions. \nJoin us for the publication celebration of the Vol. I of Cascadian Zen: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Here & Now. Meet the editors\, designer\, and some of the contributing artists and writers! This event will occur on the first day of the 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival. \nClick here for more information on Cascadian Zen.  \nBackground: EcoRegions of Cascadia\, Copyright © 2022 David McCloskey\, Cascadia Institute; available from Feathered Star Productions.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-vol-i-launch-event/
LOCATION:Spring Street Center\, 1101 15th Av.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
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SUMMARY:TESS GALLAGHER WORKSHOP Stimulating the Satori Moment in Poems
DESCRIPTION:Satori is a Japanese Zen Buddhist term for awakening comprehension: deep understanding. It is derived from the Japanese verb satoru\, “to know”. But rather than intending a philosophical concept of knowledge\, satori concentrates instead on “acquiring of a new point of view in our dealings with life and the world.” It is another name for reaching Enlightenment. In poetry it means a moment (often culminatingmoment)\, when the poem wakes us up\, startles us into a new awareness.This class will ask writers to take simple elements such as the moon\, water\, a bridge—or other sets of catalysts and attempt to stimulate this moment. As example I give my own poem: \n \nAnother famous example would be James Wright’s poem “A Blessing” which ends: “Suddenly I realize/That if I stepped out of my body I would break/ Into blossom.” \nThis word “suddenly” is a clue to the effect the satori moment creates. One suddenly is overtaken by a feeling\, a conjunction of forces\, a lightning strike of transport that breaks open the moment so freshly one can’t ever think the same way again. Please bring and share your satori moment poems if you have already written some\, but the real objective will be ultimately to write some fresh poems in this mind andfrom them to realize in discussion how that moment is taking place. \nREGISTER NOW\n 
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/tess-gallagher-workshop-stimulating-the-satori-moment-in-poems/
LOCATION:Spring Street Center\, 1101 15th Av.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231015T160000
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SUMMARY:Life As Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A five week online (Zoom) workshop for continuing participants in the online workshops facilitated by Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson. Participate in reading and discussion of foundational essays\, interviews\, listening and other assignments\, as well as spontaneous poetry composition exercises\, in the first of three five week courses. This season we add a component of Spiritual Ecology\, which will consist of weekly field work designed to deepen participants connection to place. We will also study Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands. (Levertov would have turned 100 October 24\, 2023.) How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 4-6pm (Oct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12) by invitation only. Max ten participants. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to all three five week sessions in the 2023/2024 season. \nSunday nights\, 4-6 PM Pacific Time\nOct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12\nby invitation only \nCOURSE MATERIALS WEEK ONE\, Sunday\, October 15\, 2023\, 4-6pm PDT\nREAD: https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-air-aware/ \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-larfp-overland-to-levertov/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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SUMMARY:Poetics As Cosmology Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A five week online (Zoom) workshop for people who have some spontaneous poetry composition experience & want to go deep. Join Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson in a lively course designed to help you tap into deeper levels of knowing that can begin inform your non-writing life & reduce reliance on editing. Some theory to understand the poetics of 20th/21st c approaches to spontaneous composition (see below) some writing exercises\, discussion and between class homework. The work of Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands will be discussed each week as well as work from poets like\, Michael McClure\, Wanda Coleman\, Brenda Hillman\, Nate Mackey\, Robert Duncan\, Robin Blaser and others. along with concepts such as seriality\, & investigative poetics & how to write more by getting the most out of first drafts. There will be reading\, writing and other assigned materials/exercises available a week before the course begins and each week after. \nThursdays\, 4-6pm Pacific Time\nOct 19 & 26 and Nov 2\, 9\, & 16. $250.\nSome scholarships available. \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-overland-to-levertov/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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SUMMARY:Life As Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A five week online (Zoom) workshop for continuing participants in the online workshops facilitated by Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson. Participate in reading and discussion of foundational essays\, interviews\, listening and other assignments\, as well as spontaneous poetry composition exercises\, in the first of three five week courses. This season we add a component of Spiritual Ecology\, which will consist of weekly field work designed to deepen participants connection to place. We will also study Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands. (Levertov would have turned 100 October 24\, 2023.) How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 4-6pm (Oct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12) by invitation only. Max ten participants. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to all three five week sessions in the 2023/2024 season. \nSunday nights\, 4-6 PM Pacific Time\nOct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12\nby invitation only \nCOURSE MATERIALS WEEK ONE\, Sunday\, October 15\, 2023\, 4-6pm PDT\nREAD: https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-air-aware/ \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-larfp-overland-to-levertov-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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SUMMARY:Poetics As Cosmology Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A five week online (Zoom) workshop for people who have some spontaneous poetry composition experience & want to go deep. Join Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson in a lively course designed to help you tap into deeper levels of knowing that can begin inform your non-writing life & reduce reliance on editing. Some theory to understand the poetics of 20th/21st c approaches to spontaneous composition (see below) some writing exercises\, discussion and between class homework. The work of Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands will be discussed each week as well as work from poets like\, Michael McClure\, Wanda Coleman\, Brenda Hillman\, Nate Mackey\, Robert Duncan\, Robin Blaser and others. along with concepts such as seriality\, & investigative poetics & how to write more by getting the most out of first drafts. There will be reading\, writing and other assigned materials/exercises available a week before the course begins and each week after. \nThursdays\, 4-6pm Pacific Time\nOct 19 & 26 and Nov 2\, 9\, & 16. $250.\nSome scholarships available. \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-overland-to-levertov-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231029T160000
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SUMMARY:Life As Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A five week online (Zoom) workshop for continuing participants in the online workshops facilitated by Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson. Participate in reading and discussion of foundational essays\, interviews\, listening and other assignments\, as well as spontaneous poetry composition exercises\, in the first of three five week courses. This season we add a component of Spiritual Ecology\, which will consist of weekly field work designed to deepen participants connection to place. We will also study Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands. (Levertov would have turned 100 October 24\, 2023.) How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 4-6pm (Oct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12) by invitation only. Max ten participants. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to all three five week sessions in the 2023/2024 season. \nSunday nights\, 4-6 PM Pacific Time\nOct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12\nby invitation only \nCOURSE MATERIALS WEEK ONE\, Sunday\, October 15\, 2023\, 4-6pm PDT\nREAD: https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-air-aware/ \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-larfp-overland-to-levertov-3/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Life-As-Rehearsal-for-the-Poem.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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